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Title: The Open court
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 Open Court Publishing company, Chicago
Subjects: Religion Religion and science
Publisher: Chicago : The Open Court Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Digitizing Sponsor: CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois

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. ... ^r ^ . &.i ^Jk. M ^ ■. Crow Indian Burial-Tree. (Montana.) within the church porch, and the beloved Indian priest Emmen-gahbowh of the Episcopal communion, met the corpse at thedoor. I am the resurrection and the life came forth the solemnwords in clear Ojibway as the funeral procession passed up theaisle of the church. The sweet voices of the Indians with theorgan accompaniment sang the old hymn Jesus Lover of MySoul, and others just as pathetic. The service concluded, thesilent Indians with moccasined feet passed by the rude coffin totake a last fond look at the dead. Then took place a curious cere-mony. The lid of the coffin was only lightly held in place by nailswhich had been withdrawn to permit the last look. A friend CONCERNING INDIAN BURIAL CUSTOMS. 89 handed the sad husband a hammer, he drove in the nails way homewith sturdy blows, the sacred building resounding with the noiseand with the sobs of the bereaved friends. Then tenderly the
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Burial Scaffold and Scalp-Pole of Ten Bear. The Death-Lodge, the poles of which are on the ground, has been taken down. (Crow Agency, Montana.) bearers carried the coffin into the churchyard. The processionwound its way by graves and grave-houses till it reached the opengrave for this new arrival. Great branches of pine and fir covered go THE OPEN COURT. the ground and lined the last resting-place. Emmengahbowh inpriestly surplice read the committal service, and then, while thevoices of the Indians sang again a sweet hymn, the body was gentlyand slowly lowered to its resting-place. Broad strips of heavy barkwere placed over the coffin, and earth fell almost silently whilefriends continued the sweet songs of hope in the promises of theSaviour. What a picture it was in the far-away Indian Reserva-tion, this Christian burial, this object lesson of love and duty forChrists sake, this victory of the religion of Jesus over the mummeryand fierce orgies of heathenism. And yet as the hymn of f

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